Modifications are proposed to the Stillinger-Weber potential, a semiempirical interaction potential for silicon. The modifications are specifically intended to improve the description of the amorphous phase. The potential is adjusted to reproduce the location of the transverse optic (TO) and transverse acoustic (TA) peaks of the vibrational density of states. These modifications also lead to ex...

Parametric empirical Bayes PEB may perform poorly when the assumed prior distribution is seriously invalid Nonparametric empirical Bayes NEB is more robust since it imposes no restric tion on the prior But compared with the PEB the NEB may be ine cient for small to medium samples due to the large variation and under dispersion of the NPMLE of the prior Using Monte Carlo simulations we compare t...

A semi-Markov process stays in state x for a time s and then jumps to state y according to a transition distribution Q(x; dy; ds). A statistical model is described by a family of such transition distributions. We give conditions for a nonparametric version of local asymptotic normality as the observation time tends to innnity. Then we introducèempirical' estimators for linear functionals of the...

In this paper we derive semi-empirical Cepheid period-luminosity (P-L) relations in the Sloan ugriz magnitudes by combining the observed BV I mean magnitudes from the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids (LMC) and theoretical bolometric corrections. We also constructed empirical gr band P-L relations, using the publicly available Johnson-Sloan photometric transformations, to be compared with our sem...

Airborne laser scanner (ALS) data are used operationally to support field inventories and enhance the accuracy of forest biomass estimates. Modelling the relationship between ALS and field data is a fundamental step of such applications and the quality of the model is essential for the final accuracy of the estimates. Different modelling approaches and variable transformations have been advocat...

Examining the cooling rate using impingement of air jet finds a wide application in electronic packaging and micro-scale fluid heat interaction systems, While the prediction of Nusselt profile at low nozzle-target spacing is a big issue. The plot of area average Nusselt number magnitude against the nozzle-target spacing (Z/d) shows a gradual decrement in the profile upto Z/d = 1 and beyond that...

Consumption is the principal feature of Iran’s Gross National Production. Therefore, recognizing of factors that influence it is quite crucial. This article, investigates habit formation, durability, relative risk aversion and intertemporal substitution in consumption expenditures of Iranian households. For empirical study, at first, we constructed two weighted portfolio of the main assets re...